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Pathophysiology of asbestosis

by: Kindred Grey

Publication date: 2022-02-03

Usage: Attribution 4.0 International

Topics: Pulmonary Pathophysiology

Collection: kindredgreyarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

This image is part of a series that was created for an open textbook, Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students. The textbook will be available Summer 2022.

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Kindred Grey (2022). "Pathophysiology of asbestosis." CC BY 4.0.

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Fibers arrive in airways arrow to macrophage/inflammatory response arrow to neutrophilic leukocytes arrival and release of cytokines and free radical arrow to formation of ferruginous/asbestos bodies arrow to non-nodular fibrosis, reticular pattern